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Robert FULLER

Male Abt 1550 - Bef 1614  (~ 64 years)


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  • Name Robert FULLER 
    Birth Abt 1550  Redenhall, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Bef 23 May 1614  Redenhall, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 23 May 1614  Redenhall, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • (1) Fuller, Albert Eugene, The Fuller Family: Descendants of Edward and Mathew Fuller of Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts, 1520-1924, Madison, SD: Madison Daily Sentinel, 1924, pp. 5-6:

      ROBERT FULLER?Born in Redenhall, Norfolk County, England, in 1550. He died in Redenhall, Norfolk County, England, in 1614.

      HIS CHILDREN

      I?EDWARD FULLER?Born in Redenhall, Norfolk County, England, was Baptised Sept. 4th, 1575.

      II.?SUSANNA FULLER?Born in Redenhall, Norfolk County, England, was Baptized Dec. 21st, 1578. She was baptised as Ann, that being the name she commonly went by. She married William White, and they came over to Plymouth, Mass., on the "Mayflower" in 1620.

      III?JOHN FULLER?Born in Redenhall, Norfolk County, England, was Baptised March 15th, 1578. He was buried there Dec. 22d, 1608.

      IV?SAMUEL FULLER?Born in Redenhall, Norfolk County, England, was Baptised Jan. 1st, 1580. . . .

      The Fullers who came over on the "Mayflower" in 1920 were as follows: Edward Fuller, his wife, Ann., and son, Samuel; Susanna (Fuller) White. They were married just before they started from England.

      Dr. Samuel Fuller, who left his wife, Bridget (Lee) Fuller, to come after he had selected a spot for their future home. She came in the ship "Ann", arriving in Plymouth in July, 1623.

      THE MAYFLOWER AND ITS PASSENGERS

      The "Mayflower", a 180-ton vessel, sailed from Southam[p]ton, England, on September 16th, 1620, arriving at Cape Cod Nov. 21st, 1620, thence to Plymouth Rock where its passangers [sic] landed Dec. 21st, 1620. Nineteen families built each their own house, thus establishing the "Plymouth Colony."

      Just previous to their landing at "Plymouth Rock" the following Contract was drawn up and signed in the cabin of the "Mayflower":

      IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Briton, France and Ireland, King, defender of the Faith, &c.;

      Having undertaken, for the Glory of God and the Advancement of Christian Faith, and honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first Colony in the Northern Parts of Virginia, do, by these presents, Solemnly and Mutually, in the presence of God and One Another, Covenant, and Combine Ourselves together into a civill body politike, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid, and the virtue hereof to Enact, to Constitute and Frame such Just and Equall Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitution, Offices from time to time as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good cf the Colony? unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names, Cape Cod, 11th of November (Nov. 21st) in the yeare of tne Raigne of our Sovereign Lord, King James of England, France and Ireland 18 and of Scotland 54, Anno Domino, 1620. . . .

      Edward Fuller . . .
      Samuel Fuller . . .
      (41 names)

      Among the passengers on the "Mayflower" were Edward Fuller and Dr. Samuel Fuller, brothers; and Susanna Fuller White, their sister, who married \Nilliam White in England. Edwaid Fuller had with him his wife, Ann, and his son, Samuel, then ten years old.

      Dr. Samuel Fuller had his servant with him, but left his wife, Bridget, in England to come after he had selected a spot for their future home. The servant aied during the passage over, but all the other passengers arrived at Plymouth Rock (Mass.). Bridget Lee Fuller, the wife of Samuel, arrived in July, 1623, on the ship "Ann". Samuel Fuller was an educated physician of New England. He was a devoted Christian, a Deacon in the Plymouth church and one who took deep interest in the public affairs of the Colony, and was greatly respected by all the colonists. He died in Plymouth Rock in 1633, leaving his widow, Bridget, and a son, Samuel, Jr., who in 1664 joined with his mother in making a gift to the "First Church of Plymouth" of the lot on which the church parsonage was erected. Samuel Fuller, Jr., married Ann, a daughter of his cousin, Mathew Fuller.

      Edward Fuller and his wife, Ann, died in 1621, only a few months after arriving in America, leaving an orphan son, Samuel, who came over with them.

      (2) Fuller, Francis H., "Fullers of Redenhall, England," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 55 (1901), pp. 410, 413, 414:

      Burials. . . .

      1614. Robert Fuller, May 23.
    Person ID I12183  Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2024 

    Children 
     1. Edward FULLER,   b. Bef 4 Sep 1575, Redenhall, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 11 Jan 1621, Plymouth, Plymouth County, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 46 years)
     2. Susanna FULLER,   b. Bef 21 Dec 1578, Redenhall, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. John FULLER,   b. Bef 15 Mar 1579, Redenhall, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 22 Dec 1608, Redenhall, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 29 years)
     4. Samuel FULLER,   b. Bef 20 Jan 1580, Redenhall, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1633, Plymouth, Plymouth County, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 52 years)
    Family ID F136  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2024